Chennai, Sept. 20 -- As reports surfaced that the Tamil Nadu government has sought a change in the operator of Chennai airport,from the present Airports Authority of India (AAI) to another player, the two left parties, offering outside support to the ruling TVKand needling the government on key issues, strongly opposed it and termed it as an attempt to privatise the airport management.
The government's proposed move also triggered sharp reactions from the main Opposition DMK and other parties.
According to reports, Chief Minister Vijay, expressing dissatisfaction over present functioning of the airport in some aspects, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month suggesting to have a new operator to manage and operate it.
While...